Rīga
Give Rīga a Whirl
Fragments
My favourite fragments of the curves flowing freely as viewed from the back.
Points
The shape emerges from the chaos by precisely orchestrating and fine-tuning the location, orientation, width and rotational controls of 30 points.
Made to order
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The CAM wax produced from the approved CAD design.
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Treeing up - attaching the finished CAM wax to a base ready to invest and burn out in the furnace.
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Adding the metal to the crucible on the casting machine ready for melting and casting.
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Melting the metal ready to pour into the flask with the cavity produced by the wax impression, now melted out.
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The finished tree showing the cast item ready to trim off and finish.
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The casting being hand trimmed and finished at the bench by the master craftswoman.
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The craftswoman will trim and smooth the casting before it goes through the full barrel cycle.
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The casting then goes through a full barrel cycle for 8 hours. It goes through a number of different processes.
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Polishing the finished item on a polishing and buffing machine using a variety of polishing compounds.
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